Thursday, August 14, 2014

Iowa Becomes Latest to Dump the Common Core

Iowa had implemented much of the Common Core State Standards into its
“Iowa Core” education standards, working with the Smarter Balanced
Assessment Consortium on a single testing program to measure students’
progress.

The testing consortium has been one of the key organizations in helping states fully implement Common Core.

But on Tuesday, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s office announced that his state is withdrawing from the consortium, the Associated Press reported. . . .